Toshiaki Tanaka
Japanese table tennis player
Toshiaki Tanaka Toshiaki Tanaka at the 1955 World Championships
Nationality Japan Born (1935-02-24 ) 24 February 1935Hokkaido , Japan Died 6 February 1998(1998-02-06) (aged 62)
Toshiaki Tanaka (田中 利明 , Tanaka Toshiaki , 24 February 1935 – 6 February 1998) [ 1] was a Japanese international table tennis player.
Table tennis career
From 1955 to 1957 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
He also won an English Open title.
The nine World Championship medals included five gold medals ; two in the singles at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships and 1957 World Table Tennis Championships and three in the team event for Japan.[ 7] [ 8]
Legacy
After the 1955 World Championships Tanaka became popular in the Netherlands, where on 30 May 1969 Rien van Thoor and Marius van Rijckevorsel established the table tennis club TTV Tanaka in Etten-Leur . The club still exists and never changed its name.[ 9]
In 1997 Tanaka was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame .
See also
References
1926 : Roland Jacobi , Béla von Kehrling , Zoltán Mechlovits , Daniel Pecsi (HUN)
1928 : Laszlo Bellak , Sándor Glancz , Roland Jacobi , Zoltán Mechlovits , Daniel Pecsi (HUN)
1929 : Viktor Barna , Sándor Glancz , Stephen Kelen , Zoltán Mechlovits , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1930 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Lajos Dávid , Stephen Kelen , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1931 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Lajos Dávid , Stephen Kelen , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1932 : Michael Grobauer , Stanislav Kolář , Jindřich Lauterbach , Antonín Maleček , Bedřich Nikodém (TCH)
1933 : Viktor Barna , István Boros , Lajos Dávid , Sándor Glancz , Stephen Kelen (HUN)
1934 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Lajos Dávid , Tibor Házi , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1935 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Tibor Házi , Stephen Kelen , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1936 : Richard Bergmann , Helmut Goebel , Hans Hartinger , Erwin Kohn , Alfred Liebster (AUT)
1937 : Abe Berenbaum , Robert Blattner , James McClure , Sol Schiff (USA)
1938 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Ernő Földi , Tibor Házi , Ferenc Soos (HUN)
1939 : Miloslav Hamr , Rudolf Karleček , Václav Tereba , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1947 : Ivan Andreadis , Adolf Šlár , Václav Tereba , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1948 : Ivan Andreadis , Max Marinko , Ladislav Štípek , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1949 : József Kóczián , Ferenc Sidó , Ferenc Soos , László Várkonyi (HUN)
1950 : Ivan Andreadis , Max Marinko , Václav Tereba , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1951 : Ivan Andreadis , Ladislav Štípek , Václav Tereba , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1952 : Elemér Gyetvai , József Kóczián , Ferenc Sidó , Kálmán Szepesi , László Várkonyi (HUN)
1953 : Richard Bergmann , Adrian Haydon , Brian Kennedy , Johnny Leach , Aubrey Simons (ENG)
1954 : Kazuo Kawai , Ichiro Ogimura , Kichiji Tamasu , Yoshio Tomita (JPN)
1955 : Ichiro Ogimura , Kichiji Tamasu , Toshiaki Tanaka , Yoshio Tomita (JPN)
1956 : Ichiro Ogimura , Toshiaki Tanaka , Yoshio Tomita , Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN)
1957 : Toshihiko Miyata , Ichiro Ogimura , Toshiaki Tanaka , Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN)
1959 : Nobuya Hoshino , Teruo Murakami , Seiji Narita , Ichiro Ogimura (JPN)
1961 : Li Furong , Rong Guotuan , Wang Chuanyao , Xu Yinsheng , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1963 : Li Furong , Wang Jiasheng , Xu Yinsheng , Zhang Xielin , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1965 : Li Furong , Xu Yinsheng , Zhang Xielin , Zhou Lansun , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1967 : Nobuhiko Hasegawa , Hajime Kagimoto , Satoru Kawahara , Koji Kimura , Mitsuru Kono (JPN)
1969 : Nobuhiko Hasegawa , Tetsuo Inoue , Shigeo Itoh , Kenji Kasai , Mitsuru Kono (JPN)
1971 : Li Furong , Li Jingguang , Liang Geliang , Xi Enting , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1973 : Stellan Bengtsson , Anders Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson , Ingemar Wikström (SWE)
1975 : Li Peng , Li Zhenshi , Liang Geliang , Lu Yuansheng , Xu Shaofa (CHN)
1977 : Guo Yuehua , Huang Liang , Li Zhenshi , Liang Geliang , Wang Jun (CHN)
1979 : Gábor Gergely , István Jónyer , Tibor Klampár , Tibor Kreisz , János Takács (HUN)
1981 : Cai Zhenhua , Guo Yuehua , Shi Zhihao , Wang Huiyuan , Xie Saike (CHN)
1983 : Cai Zhenhua , Fan Changmao , Guo Yuehua , Jiang Jialiang , Xie Saike (CHN)
1985 : Chen Longcan , Chen Xinhua , Jiang Jialiang , Wang Huiyuan , Xie Saike (CHN)
1987 : Chen Longcan , Chen Xinhua , Jiang Jialiang , Teng Yi , Wang Hao (born 1966) (CHN)
1989 : Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1991 : Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1993 : Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1995 : Ding Song , Kong Linghui , Liu Guoliang , Ma Wenge , Wang Tao (CHN)
1997 : Ding Song , Kong Linghui , Liu Guoliang , Ma Wenge , Wang Tao (CHN)
2000 : Fredrik Håkansson , Peter Karlsson , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
2001 : Kong Linghui , Liu Guoliang , Liu Guozheng , Ma Lin , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2004 : Kong Linghui , Liu Guozheng , Ma Lin , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2006 : Chen Qi , Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2008 : Chen Qi , Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2010 : Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2012 : Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2014 : Fan Zhendong , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2016 : Fan Zhendong , Fang Bo , Ma Long , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2018 : Fan Zhendong , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Wang Chuqin , Xu Xin (CHN)
2022 : Fan Zhendong , Liang Jingkun , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Wang Chuqin (CHN)
2024 : Fan Zhendong , Liang Jingkun , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Wang Chuqin (CHN)
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